The Craft Of Modal Counterpoint

Download or read book The Craft of Modal Counterpoint written by Thomas Benjamin and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Download or read book The Craft of Modal Counterpoint written by Thomas Benjamin and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Download or read book Modal Counterpoint, Renaissance Style written by Peter Schubert and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only species counterpoint text that draws directly on Renaissance treatises, Modal Counterpoint, Renaissance Style, Second Edition, provides a conceptual framework to guide students through composition and analysis as it teaches them general structural principles. It distinguishes between technical requirements ("hard" rules) and stylistic guidelines ("soft" rules), and includes coordinated exercises that allow students to develop their skills systematically. The second edition integrates improvisation activities and new repertoire examples into many chapters; revises the chapter on three-part writing (Chapter 14) so that it pays more attention to rules and strategies; reworks the chapters on cadences (Chapter 10) and on writing two parts in mixed values (Chapter 11) to make them more accessible to students; incorporates clarified instructions throughout; and includes a summary of rules.

Download or read book The Craft of Modal Counterpoint written by Thomas Benjamin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-02-03 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The companion book to Benjamin's recently republished Craft of Tonal Counterpoint, this entirely rewritten second edition provides a complete analysis of modal counterpoint - the important musical style that forms the basis of all early music.

Download or read book A Handbook of Modal Counterpoint written by Stella Roberts and published by New York : Free Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Study of Counterpoint written by Johann Fux and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1965 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most celebrated book on counterpoint is Fux's great theoretical work GRADUS AD PARNASSUM. Since its appearance in 1725, it has been used by and has directly influenced the work of many of the great composers, including J.S. Bach, Haydn, and Beethoven. Originally written in Latin, this work has been translated in to the principal European languages. The present translation by Alfred Mann is the first faithful rendering in English, presenting the essence of Fux's teachings.

Download or read book The Principles and Practice of Modal Counterpoint written by Douglass Green and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering modal music from Gregorian chant through the seventeenth-century, The Principles and Practice of Modal Counterpoint is a comprehensive textbook combining stylistic composition, theory and analysis, music history, and performance. By supplementing a modified species approach with a wealth of complete musical examples and historical information, this textbook thoroughly joins principle with practice, providing a truly immersive experience in the study of modal counterpoint and familiarizing students with modal repertoire.